Disease-resistant, gene-edited pork may go on sale in the US in 2025

New reports suggest that gene editing could bring us disease-resistant pork as soon as 2025. It’s been thirty years since the first genetically modified tomato hit store shelves. That first promise of revolutionized farming has only grown as genetic technologies have improved, though it has remained mostly unfulfilled.

Thankfully, that appears to be changing as US regulatory authorities are expected to approve a new pig that has been gene-edited to make it more resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).